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ArticleNature communications2019

Platanus-allee is a de novo haplotype assembler enabling a comprehensive access to divergent heterozygous regions.

Rei Kajitani, Dai Yoshimura, Miki Okuno, Yohei Minakuchi, Hiroshi Kagoshima, Asao Fujiyama, Kaoru Kubokawa, Yuji Kohara, Atsushi Toyoda, Takehiko Itoh

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Rei KajitaniSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
Dai YoshimuraSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
Miki OkunoSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan.
Yohei MinakuchiComparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.
Hiroshi KagoshimaAdvanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0653-2393
Asao FujiyamaAdvanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.
Kaoru KubokawaOcean Alliance, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Yuji KoharaAdvanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.
Atsushi ToyodaComparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0728-7548
Takehiko ItohSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan. takehiko@bio.titech.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6113-557X

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Abstract

The ultimate goal for diploid genome determination is to completely decode homologous chromosomes independently, and several phasing programs from consensus sequences have been developed. These methods work well for lowly heterozygous genomes, but the manifold species have high heterozygosity. Additionally, there are highly divergent regions (HDRs), where the haplotype sequences differ considerably. Because HDRs are likely to direct various interesting biological phenomena, many genomic analysis targets fall within these regions. However, they cannot be accessed by existing phasing methods, and we have to adopt costly traditional methods. Here, we develop a de novo haplotype assembler, Platanus-allee ( http://platanus.bio.titech.ac.jp/platanus2 ), which initially constructs each haplotype sequence and then untangles the assembly graphs utilizing sequence links and synteny information. A comprehensive benchmark analysis reveals that Platanus-allee exhibits high recall and precision, particularly for HDRs. Using this approach, previously unknown HDRs are detected in the human genome, which may uncover novel aspects of genome variability.

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AllelesHaplotypesHeterozygoteAlgorithmsAnimalsBenchmarkingButterfliesCaenorhabditis elegansComputational BiologyContig MappingGenetic VariationHumansPoisson DistributionSchistosoma japonicumSoftware

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